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Operation Spotlight

Thanks to the efforts of exJW activist and YouTuber Jimmy Bell, Monica Kincaid, Jon Leger of exJW Analyzer, Jay Henschel, Ruby Quinn, Shelley Dean Braeioux who testified at the Australian Royal Commission as BCG and later went on to earn a batchelor’s degree in law, a petition has been put together and will be mailed […]

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Jehovah’s Witnesses Not Allowed To Bring In Experts for Norway Trial

https://www.vl.no/religion/2025/01/23/jehovas-vitner-far-ikke-innhente-internasjonale-eksperter-til-rettssak COURT: When Jehovah’s Witnesses meet the state in the appeal case regarding state subsidies, they want two international experts to be called as expert witnesses. Both the state and the Court of Appeal say no. – Worrying, says the religious community. Jehovah’s Witnesses have filed a lawsuit after the authorities decided to deprive them […]

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Jehovah’s Witnesses Claim They Have Softened Exclusion Practices

RELIGION SOCIETY ACT: Jehovah’s Witnesses have made changes to their exclusion practices, and believe they may be entitled to state subsidies again. But neither the state nor ex-members are convinced. Rakel Lima Fjelltvedt is a former Jehovah’s Witness. She was excluded from the religious community after she chose to withdraw from it. Today she has […]

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Hypocrisy and Double Standards!

On their official website (JW.Org) the Watchtower organization regularly posts articles and videos stating that it is a requirement of God for persons to be members of an organized religion in order to gain salvation. This channel has addressed this topic before. But in their most recent posting the statement is made that some people […]

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Denmark Reaches Out to Norway About Jehovah’s Witnesses

by Nicklas Calvert • Alberte Linde On March 4, 2024, Oslo Tingrett approved the decision of the Norwegian state to depriving Jehovah’s Witnesses of recognition as a religious community in Norway. The Crown witness in the previous trial was 47-year-old Norwegian Jan Frode Nilsen. He is a former member of Jehovah’s Witnesses and has been […]

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Watchtower Leadership Under Scrutiny in Denmark

Morten Dahlin emphasizes that Jehovah’s Witnesses must behave properly and follow Danish law’ by Alberte Linde Ekstra Bladet uncovers the finances of Jehovah’s Witnesses, the people behind, the rules and the life of Jehovah’s Witnesses. It comes after the organization presented their members in March with a number of new rules that have resulted in […]

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New challenges for Jehovah’s Witnesses: “A mass exodus is underway”

Updated June 2, 2024Published June 2, 2024 SVT Nyheter Jehovah’s Witnesses are facing new challenges today when defectors speak out on social media, says journalist Jenny Küttim, who herself grew up as a Witness and later came to examine the movement. – I am impressed by how Ida spreads knowledge on Tiktok, she says. At […]

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Psychologist Responds to Recent Watchtower Changes

I am a former born-in Jehovah’s Witness (JW) (left in 2015). I pioneered for decades and was a devout JW. I am now an academic and psychologist who publishes research on the experience of leaving the JWs / shunning. The latest update on the JW website has caused much distress in the lives of exJWs […]

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An Attack on Religious Freedom?

On March 4, 2024, the Oslo District Court upheld the Norwegian government’s decision to revoke the legal registration of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Norway. However, Jehovah’s Witnesses are not banned as a religion. They are still allowed to have meetings and share in their public ministry as always. The removal of registration only affects two things. […]

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How Religious Shunning Ruins Lives

A form of institutionalized estrangement, shunning hurts health of the excluded. Psychology Today Updated March 27, 2024 |  KEY POINTS A former member of the Jehovah’s Witnesses, Josh Caswell Sr., reached out to me after reading one of my posts about estrangement. He asked that I explore the policy practiced in some religions of shunning. In religious […]